[PHX-Skywarn] PHXNPWPSR.20030327 - "NWS - WEATHER EVENT NOTIFICATION"

[ldad administrator]

THIS MESSAGE WAS SENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX MAIL SERVER

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
1020 AM MST THU MAR 27 2003

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHWEST
ARIZONA TODAY AND THIS EVENING. IT WILL BECOME VERY WINDY AT TIMES
AFTER THE FRONT PASSES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER
VALLEY. WIND WILL DIMINISH SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT.

AZZ020-025-CAZ031-280300-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-
YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLYTHE...EHRENBERG...PARKER...SAN LUIS...
SOMERTON...YUMA
1020 AM MST (920 AM PST) THU MAR 27 2003

...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY THROUGH 8 PM
MST (7 PM PST) TODAY...

CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE ADVISORY AREA INCLUDE BLYTHE...PARKER...
EHRENBERG...AND YUMA.

NORTH TO NORTHWEST WIND 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL
AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY TODAY INTO
EARLY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA. SOME
BLOWING SAND AND DUST WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE WIND...WHICH COULD
LEAD TO PERIODIC AND SUDDEN REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY.

WIND HAS BEEN INCREASING THIS MORNING OVER AND JUST NORTH OF THE
ADVISORY AREA. AS OF 10 AM MST...BULLHEAD CITY ARIZONA...SITUATED
NORTH OF THE ADVISORY AREA...REPORTED SUSTAINED NORTH WIND TO 41
MPH. NORTH WIND WAS GUSTING TO 37 MPH AT NEEDLES...AND BLYTHE
REPORTED NORTH-NORTHWEST WIND GUSTING TO 35 MPH.


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DG



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